flame color
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of flame color
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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The rainbow flame demonstration teaches a concept central to the curriculum of high school chemistry: that certain metals, when burned, produce a flame color that is characteristic to its chemical makeup.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2015
Orange -- N. orange, red and yellow; gold; or; flame color &c. adj..
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
Revers at the edge of overdress and on the virago sleeves are now of flame color, a Spanish pink, but were originally scarlet, I am sure.
From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle
Already some of the trees were taking on their brilliant garb of the falling year: flame color, fruit color, color of ripe melon, of oranges and lemons, of good cooking, and fried dishes.
From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan
The faint clouds in the west were getting a superb flame color above and a misty purple below, and the sun had shot them with lances of yellow light.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
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